Some Good Reads
So, I am thinking of writing a song. The lyrics would go something like this: “Mono, mono, go away, Don’t come back another day.” Not very original. But I am still on and off tired and oh, so sick of it! 🙂 I wanted to …
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Cranberry History Lesson: The Kids Using the 1920’s Hand Separator
We had the loveliest of days today. We went out for lunch, then headed to a local farm to see some fall displays, then over to my dad’s cranberry bogs to watch the harvest. The kids got a special treat today when Grandpa let them …
Columbus Day Weekend
It is such a gorgeous weekend! I had seven, giggling little girls over last night, and it is always so fun to spend time listening to their little stories and hearing about their friends and school antics. During devotions, it is always neat to hear …
An Object Lesson about Love
When my oldest was little, she had a teddy bear. Its name was Bear. She lugged Bear around everywhere. She dressed him, put sunglasses on him, pushed him around in her little grocery carriage while she pretended to go shopping, and slept with him every …
A One Size Fits All Parenting Tip
Yesterday we talked about the one size fits all parenting strategy that  God prescribes for us in Psalm 78.  here  We are to teach our kids about God’s mighty acts, so that they will remember to hope in God and to obey Him. I don’t know …
A notice, that I am guest posting, turned tribute to Peter.
Just wanted to let you know that I was invited to be part of a “31 day marriage challenge” and am a contributing writer along with 31 other women writing about marriage this month. I am thankful for God’s grace over our marriage as Peter …
Watercolor Galore
Here are a few pics of what I have been up to lately. 🙂 I have been “watercoloring” up a storm, and I have three pieces right now that people have commissioned me to do for Christmas.  (I can’t post them. They are gifts!) I …
Molasses Sugar Cookies
You have to try these cookies. They are so delicious! When we were first married, we went away to a bed and breakfast with my sister-in-law, Nancy and her husband, Fred. Â Nancy brought along a huge batch of these cookies, and that was that. …
A Normal Homeschooling Magazine!
A few days ago, I was with my friend at our home schooling co-op and I mentioned to her that I had never found a home schooling magazine that I really  loved. I went down the laundry list of things that turned me off with …
When Light Becomes Darkness
I don’t know if you caught Revive Our Hearts this morning, but the broadcast was about spiritual revival and how the church looks around at the prevalent sin in our culture and starts to despair. The old gentleman they were interviewing, Richard Owen Roberts, (friend …